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9781879528239

Change/Education : Issues in Perspective

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  • ISBN13:

    9781879528239

  • ISBN10:

    1879528231

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-09-01
  • Publisher: Educational Studies Pr
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Table of Contents

Introduction 3(5)
Section 1: Educational Perspectives 5(176)
Race/Ethnicity:Introduction
7(46)
The Canary in the Mine: The Achievement Gap Between Black and White Students
9(8)
Mano Singham
But That's Just Good Teaching! The Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
17(8)
Gloria Ladson-Billings
From a Different Shore: Their History Bursts with Telling
25(12)
Ronald Takaki
Indian Education: Assumptions, Ideologies, Strategies
37(10)
Ricardo L. Garcia
Janet Goldenstein Ahler
Attending to New Voices
47(6)
Chris Liska Carger
Social Class: Introduction
53(58)
Families and Schools
55(12)
James S. Coleman
Can Education Reduce Social Inequity?
67(6)
Robert E. Slavin
The Social Structure and American Education
73(20)
Joel Spring
Asking the Right Question
93(6)
Gary Orfield
Why Education Matters: Race, Ethnicity, Poverty and American School-equity Research
99(12)
Douglas Cochrane
Gender: Introduction
111(36)
Gender Balance: Lessons from Girls in Science and Mathematics
113(6)
Ann Pollina
Gender Equity: Still Knocking at the Classroom Door
119(6)
David Sadker
The AAUW Report: How Schools Shortchange Girls; American Association of University Women (AAUW)
125(8)
Inside the World of Boys: Behind the Mask of Masculinity
133(10)
William Pollack
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
143(4)
Peggy McIntosh
Multicultural Education: Introduction
147(34)
Multicultural Education: Development, Dimensions, and Challenges
149(10)
James A. Banks
What We Can Learn from Multicultural Education Research
159(6)
Gloria Ladson-Billings
A Different Mirror: A Conversation with Ronald Takaki
165(6)
Joan Montgomery Halford
Multiculturalism: E Pluribus Plures
171(10)
Diane Ravitch
Section 2: Educational Issues 181(174)
Tracking: Introduction
183(16)
In Defense of Tracking
185(4)
Charles Nevi
How to Make Detracking Work
189(6)
Richard S. Marsh
Mary Anne Raywid
Detracking for High Student Achievement
195(4)
Jeannie Oakes
Amy Stuart Wells
Charter Schools/Vouchers: Introduction
199(38)
A New Choice
201(10)
Joe Nathan
California's Charter Schools: Promises vs. Performance
211(6)
Amy Stuart Wells
When You Weigh the Evidence...: Voucher Programs in Milwaukee and Cleveland
217(10)
Dan Murphy
A Liberal Argument for School Choice
227(4)
Bruce Goldberg
In Defense of Public Education
231(6)
Deborah Meier
Bilingual Education: Introduction
237(34)
Bilingualism in America: A Forgotten Legacy
239(12)
James Crawford
The Politics of Bilingual Education
251(8)
Rosalie Pedalino Porter
The Societal Context of Bilingual Education
259(6)
Mary McGroarty
Two Languages Are Better Than One
265(6)
Wayne P. Thomas
Virginia P. Collier
Standards: Introduction
271(26)
Educational Standards: To Standardize or to Customize Learning?
273(8)
Charles M. Reigeluth
Thinking About Standards
281(8)
Nel Noddings
Standards, Not Standardization: Evoking Quality Student Work
289(8)
Grant Wiggins
School Violence: Introduction
297(26)
Educating Children in a Socially Toxic Environment
299(6)
James Garbarino
Finding Safety in Small Numbers
305(4)
James McPartland
Will Jordan
Nettie Legters
Robert Balfanz
Violence: Slay or Be Slain
309(14)
William Pollack
Character Education: Introduction
323(32)
The Return of Character Education
325(6)
Thomas Lickona
How Not to Teach Values: A Critical Look at Character Education
331(16)
Alfie Kohn
Connections between Character Education and Multicultural Education
347(8)
Geneva Gay
About the Editors 355

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